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Past Form (-ed): Past Simple Tense

Many resources call this the “past simple” or “simple past”. Most English speakers don’t know these terms, but they use the structure naturally because they are very familiar with it and understand its meaning.

The meaning of the past form is the same for all sentences that have a verb in the past form (which is a lot!). Here, we’ll look at what this form means and how it is applied to simple sentences.

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